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every reflection
a stranger mirrored
inducing guilt
a mask comes off
another worn
some cracked,
some whole
to embrace
what it brings
anything welcomed
to feel again
strangers wander
the carnival of souls
comedy or tragedy,
each one
a monster hiding
eyelet hollows burn to see
drowning sinking
spiraling
until the ember fades
closed eyed death
not welcome yet
age of sleep
to dream again
awakened
desires disappear
until the mask falls
beauty
will not be clear

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New Jersey native D.W. Metz is an author and poet. His writing has been featured in a number of anthologies including OUT OF A/MAZE, SCATTERED VOICES: A COLLECTION OF POEMS SHARED BY STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET, THE BAMBOO HUT: AUTUMN 2015 and DEADHEAD MILES: VOLUME 2.

DISCOVERING DULUOZ was Metz’s first solo collection of poetry. BORDER LINE POETRY is his second collection. He has published a number of short stories, and most recently the novelette, THE TYPIST.